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or more lateral hooks, which seized upon the hay, anJ thus 

 lifted it ill large quantities from the load. There is no doubt 

 that a larger amounly of hay can be removed from the load by 

 this arrangement than by any other style of fork. But Mr. 

 Walker became satisfied that he could improve upon it, and 

 r.ow his fork has assumed the simple form as illustrated in 

 fig. 52, and in this form it has been very largely sold and very 

 widely distributed over the country. It is made entirely of 

 iron, which gives it durability, while its weight is only ten 

 pounds. The construction, as appears by the cut, is extremely 

 simple, and there seems to be but little liability to get out of 

 order, having no tines to bend or to break. It takes up but 

 little room as compared with some of the other forks, and it is 

 worked so easily that a boy can operate it. Its strength and 

 its grappling power are so great, that it will take and hold 

 enough for two horses to raise over the barn beams. At a trial 

 before the Pennsylvania State Fair, in competition with others, 

 the committee report that they found it the best implement for 

 unloading hay. 



This Fork is manufactured by Wheeler, Melick & Co., of 

 Albany, New York, who send out with it the best style of 

 auti-friclion roller pulleys, which are admirably designed to 

 facilitate the practical working of the machine. 



The Eeapers. The progress made in the improvement, and 

 the extent of the manufacture of reapers, is scarcely less impor- 

 tant than that of mowers. For the boundless West it is, per- 

 haps, of even great importance. The last ofl&cial census re 

 ported an aggregate production of 178,104,924 bushels of 

 wheat, and it is hardly too much to say that the product at the 

 present time exceeds two hundred million bushels. The appli- 

 cation of machinery has given us the power of an almost unlim- 

 ited expansion of this product. 



